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President McDavis not alone in living off campus 29 Park Place will be ‘preserved’ and ‘upgraded’ for use by future students MEGAN HENRY ASST. NEWS EDITOR This is the sixth in a weekly series comparing Ohio University to the other five Mid-American Conference universities in Ohio.

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ome Mid-American Conference schools in Ohio have designated housing for presidents off-campus. Ohio University is not one.

OU President Roderick McDavis and his wife, Deborah, currently live at 31 Coventry Lane after moving out of 29 Park Place, OU’s former presidential residence. Of the six MAC universities in Ohio, five have a designated house for their presidents to live in.

The six MAC universities in

Ohio include OU, Miami University, Bowling Green State University, the University of Toledo, Kent State University and the University of Akron.

Unlike the other six presidents, Miami’s Gregory Crawford lives on campus. Lewis Place has been the residence for Miami’s presidents since 1904, and the university purchased the residence in 1929.

Most of the houses are about three miles away from the universities.

“I definitely think it’s important for (university presidents) to come on campus and engage with students,” Kelly Shockley, a sophomore studying communication studies, said.

The Ohio University Foundation entered into a $1.2 million

lease-purchase agreement on March 19, 2015 for a new presidential residence for McDavis at 31 Coventry Lane, about 2.6 miles from Baker Center.

McDavis will step down as president when his contract expires June 30.

“The university is under contract at (31 Coventry Lane) until June 30, 2017,” OU Spokeswoman Anna Hartenbach said in email. “Any considerations beyond that timeframe would be speculative at the moment.”

The 31 Coventry Lane house is listed for sale at $975,000, according to realtor.com.

The decision for the McDavises to move from 29 Park Place occurred after a bat infestation caused Deborah to break her foot. About 100 faculty members opposed the move in a signed letter.

John Wharton, owner of the Coventry Lane property, verbally agreed with Director of

Athletics Jim Schaus that as part of the lease-purchase agreement, he would pay the rest of the money he had pledged to the Walter Fieldhouse and donate an additional $100,000.

Stephen Golding, then-vice president for Finance and Administration, said on April 13, 2015 he wouldn’t ask OU’s Board of Trustees or the OU Foundation to buy the property. He said Wharton’s agreement created a “problematic” situation for the university.

Hannah Paris, a freshman studying business, said it would better if McDavis and other university presidents lived on campus for accessibility.

“The only time I’ve seen him was the Freshman Convocation,” Paris said.

From 1952 to 2015, seven OU presidents — including McDavis — were housed at 29 Park Place.

Henry O’Bleness built the home at 29 Park Place in 1899 for Clinton L. Poston, an Athens

coal mine owner and business executive. OU purchased the property for $60,000 in 1951.

The University of Toledo Foundation identified a new house for their university presidents in 2015. The former house was also off campus, but it was closer to UT. The foundation closed on the house for $922,000.

The future of 29 Park Place is being determined.

During March’s Board of Trustees meeting, then-Chair Sandra Anderson said 29 Park Place will not be used for presidential housing in the future.

The property, she said, will be “preserved, protected and upgraded” for use in the future.

In August’s board agenda, 29 Park Place was listed as a facility with “opportunities to expand student program needs.”

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CHUCK’S COLLEGIATE POLITICS

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Racism still alive, apparent at Ohio University

CHUCK GREENLEE is a sophomore studying adolescentto-youngadult integrated language arts at Ohio University.

Sometimes I just like to yell and scream. Actually, I just like yelling and screaming in general.

It’s a good release for all this anger that lives inside of me. However, there is a legitimate issue at this college that needs to be addressed.

Racism is at Ohio University.

I said it.

To any of the naysayers of this statement, I can’t help but disagree with you. Last week’s graffiti wall debacle proved it.

The original image was of an African savanna with a giraffe couple and an elephant couple which seemed to be embracing one another. Then someone decided to add “Build the wall” and an image of what seems to be an African hanging from a tree with “You cant cover this up” next to it as well as various other symbols.

The original image was created by Kids on Campus, a volunteer program where students volunteer to spend time with kids in local schools.

I am not able to call this person or persons who created this vandals, because these walls are

for people to exercise their freedom of speech, but I will call them a racist.

The image seems as if it is directly targeting the African American and Black communities on campus. The hanging man appears as if he is being lynched, which was a method of execution historically used to murder African-Americans a long time ago.

The implications of these images is unsettling. Heck, this isn’t directed at me, a white male, but I was made uncomfortable by the fact that this hate thrives on my school campus.

Anyway, last winter there was another racist painting on the wall. Calling someone a “neo-progressive f--k” is not going to help your cause or make you seem mature. Yet, I do agree with the original mural’s message: Black Lives Matter exists for those who are hateful in nature toward blacks.

To the person who is exercising their First Amendment right by defacing a mural children created, I am dually use my rights to express this to you: In my opinion, the fact that we are still having to deal with

racism in this nation is absolutely ridiculous and depressing.

People hating someone solely for the pigmentation of their skin is honestly something that should never have existed in the first place, but I implore you to leave that hate back in the 1700s where it didn’t even belong in the first place. Heck, just get rid of it altogether.

Whoever painted those images stirred up some controversy, just like he intended. However, I encourage all students of Ohio University to come together and love one another as a testament against the hateful behaviors of racism. I desperately hope that someday my kids can grow up in a world where these kind of beliefs don’t exist, but I guess ideas like that make me a “politically correct idiot” or whatever.

Racism exists at OU, but we should not have to tolerate its existence.

How will you spread the message of love to your student body?

Let Chuck know by tweeting him @chuckingaround.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Tyre King deserves to be mourned, not mocked Beginning Wednesday morning at 8 a.m., community members and students have camped out on the steps of the courthouse, commemorating the deaths of Tyre King, Terrence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott.

This spontaneous action was, and is, a memorial: an opportunity for those saddened by the loss of a 13-year-old boy to collectively express grief. This action is closer to a funeral than it is to a protest — It is a vigil, not a rally.

It is also a statement that black lives matter.

I sat on the steps between 11 p.m. and 3 a.m. Wednesday night.

I watched individuals blame Tyre King for his own death and label the entire memorial “bullshit.”

I watched individuals, out of touch with suffering, say that they “would have killed him, too.”

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I watched a man tell a woman, who believed that Tyre King deserved his own death, that the autopsy report showed that Tyre was running away and was shot in the back. She responded saying that he deserved to be shot since he had a toy gun, thereby threatening the police. The man then responded by saying, “I think he was in the wrong place at the wrong time, but what do I know? I’m in the army and a couple of months from now I’ll be shooting people overseas.”

I do not understand how and when this man, on the verge of convincing his friend of Tyre King’s innocence, forgot to care anymore.

Nevermind that Ohio is an open-carry state where one is literally allowed to publicly display

real firearms, nevermind that white men have pointed guns directly at police officers and have been arrested rather than killed, nevermind that local middle schoolers approached the courthouse steps and spoke about what it would be like if one of their friends was shot by the police. Nevermind all that, but how dare you dismiss another’s grief? How dare you blame a child for the fact that he was killed by an adult?

Black lives matter because, apparently, black deaths don’t matter enough to be mourned in peace.

Michael Mayberry is a senior studying English at Ohio University.

The graffiti wall by Bentley Hall was covered up Sept. 20 after controversial messages and a depiction of lynching were spray-painted on it. (KEVIN PAN / FILE)

Ohio University needs to stand up against depiction of racist, hateful images Words and images are immensely powerful.

They can shape public discourse, social relationships and when they demean and dehumanize others, they have a powerful impact on how we live our lives as part of a community.

As communication professionals and scholars, we have an ethical obligation to respond.

The latest incident of hate speech associated with the mural wall is a painful reminder that ignorance and fear drive too much of our national discourse and that it is too easy for that discourse to enter into the Ohio University community. The painful image of a lynching should inspire revulsion in all who see it and encourage us to rally to the causes of equality of rights and social justice for all.

We believe that it is time for the Ohio University community to come together to systematically address issues of hate and discrimination. This process will be challenging.

Improved dialog regarding

race relations on campus is one part of the solution.

However, foundational issues of curriculum, hiring and community building must also be addressed. These are certainly not easy issues, but inaction is not an option.

As we move forward to improve these foundations, we find inspiration in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, who reminds us that in the quest for social justice, “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline.”

We reach out to the larger campus community to join us in forging this path forward.

Atish Baidya, Franklyn Church, Thomas Costello, Patrick Evans, Laura Black, Marquis Maines, Michael Rodriguez, Trevor Roycroft, and Jatin Srivastava are members of the Scripps College of Communication Diversity Committee.

QUITE CONTRARY

Disney cares about money, not just happy children WILLIAM T. PERKINS is a senior studying journalism at Ohio University.

There’s nothing good about Disney.

Maybe I should be more clear: There’s nothing inherently good about Disney.

I think a lot of people think Disney is out to make the world a magical and happy place. It isn’t.

The suits at Disney never cared whether we had a happy childhood.

They care about making money.

And some of them, I assume, are good people.

Don’t get me wrong, they’ve made a lot of good movies in the process. But, as a whole, it’s just a corporation. And I just feel icky about thousands of people loving a corporation the way people seem to love Disney.

People don’t adorn their homes with Time-Warner memorabilia. People don’t take annual trips to Sony World. No one has a Viacom-themed wedding.

Granted, Disney knows what it’s doing. They have this down to a science: keep the kids in a state

of whimsy, have just enough plot to keep the adults entertained while also playing to their sense of nostalgia. Profit.

But that’s why I find it so uninteresting when someone continues to act like there’s something really special about Disney, even into adolescence and adulthood. Of course you liked The Lion King as a kid. We all liked The Lion King as kids. I especially liked the part where there were lions. Lions are cool. Let’s talk about something else now.

And quite frankly, Disney movies are all pretty much the same, which is a shame, because they draw from a rich tapestry of folktales and fables ranging across a wide variety of cultures and time periods.

Robin Hood is an English folk figure dating back to the 14th Century.

Mulan is a legendary Chinese warrior dating back to the sixth. In that time,

those characters gained a lot of cultural significance, with each generation adding a new layer of complexity and nuance to the “Oh hey, Eddie Murphy is a sassy talking dragon!”

And don’t even get me started on Once Upon A Time, a Disney-produced primetime TV show which takes “fairy tale” characters and puts them in the real world. But they aren’t really fairy tale characters, they’re the Disney-fied versions of those characters. The show exists because nostalgia is marketable.

I know. I get it. Disney is a cultural touchstone. In its early days, it was revolutionary. Today, it’s at least consistent. It evokes a sense of nostalgia we all share, because none of us could escape its reach. Disney belongs to all of us.

Except it doesn’t.

In 1976 and 1998, Disney successfully lobbied Congress to extend copyright laws in order to continue profiting from characters like Mickey Mouse, which

Walt Disney invented more than half a century earlier. This from a company based almost entirely on adapting public domain characters into cartoons.

I’m not saying they’re wrong for it.

I’m just saying they care a lot about what’s there’s, and they’re very litigious about it.

If you have fond memories of watching Disney movies as a kid, that’s fine.

That’s a good thing. But you don’t owe Disney for those fond memories. They weren’t doing it for you. You created those fond memories. They pulled in the dough.

All I’m saying is, if any corporation tries to convince you they “can show you the world — shining, shimmering, splendid,” be careful. They might not be a prince. They might be a thief.

How do you feel about Disney? Let William know by emailing him at wp198712@ohio.edu.

STREETVIEW

“What class are you taking this semester that you like more than you thought you would?”

“Visual Performance is actually pretty good.

I had to take it for my learning community and I didn’t know anything about it, but it’s actually pretty fun. I get to see a lot of performances.”

Celia Kellicker, freshman studying studio arts

“COMS1100. I really had no “Description (ART 1200). idea what to expect. Kinda It teaches you how to wasn’t pumped for it since describe things. It’s just it was a communication really fun. You get to class, but I had to take it learn more about shading for my global perspective and value and more requirement. Kinda opened structure of things.” my eyes to a bunch of Emily Herbst, freshman different cultures.” studying studio art Alex Voloshen, junior studying international business and marketing

“I wasn’t very excited to take nutrition class, because I need it for my applied science, and I’m not very good at science at all. But I found it actually to be interesting to know what’s going on in your body and how to make yourself healthier.”

Dylanni Smith, freshman studying journalism

“Astronomy.”

Logan Korzan, freshman studying actuarial science

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Female officers bring a new perspective to policing BAILEY GALLION STAFF WRITER

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ven when she worked as the only female officer in Athens County, Sheriff’s Deputy Jen Atkins said she didn’t have trouble with the men she worked with.

“It wasn’t ever hard,” Atkins said. “I came in and from day one, I had 25 brothers I never knew I wanted.”

Now, Atkins is one of four full-time, sworn female officers who work in the three law enforcement departments based in the city of Athens. Of the other three, one works for the Athens Police Department and two work for the Ohio University Police Department.

APD also recently hired another female officer. She starts work Oct. 3, according to APD Chief Tom Pyle.

Women make up about 12 percent of police officers nationwide, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigations, though more than half the country’s population is female. Officials at APD, OUPD and the sheriff’s office all say they want more women to work for them, but departments often struggle to recruit them.

Sheriff Rodney Smith said his department recruits from the police academy at Hocking College and other local schools.

He said members of his department are trying to recruit more diverse officers in general, but there simply aren’t many women interested in the job.

“To be honest, we haven’t had a lot of applications,” he said.

OUPD Detective Brittney Cottrill said women sometimes bring a “different demeanor” to law enforcement. Usually she said she sees no difference in the way female and male officers handle calls, and that when she does, the women sometimes get better results because male subjects are less combative with them.

“Sometimes when males are dealing with male subjects, they can butt heads,” she said.

“I don’t think it’s the male officer, I think it’s maybe the male subjects that they’re dealing with … They’re trying to be the alpha male.”

A study from researchers at the University of Illinois suggested that female officers use less force. Atkins said that is likely because female officers tend to be smaller, which places them at a disadvantage during physical confrontations with even average-sized male subjects. So she said female officers tend to rely more on verbal tactics to de-escalate such incidents.

“We call it verbal judo,” she said. “You’ve got to learn to talk those situations down and not let them get to that point. Because you have to look at this realistically — our biggest goal each day is to go home safe.”

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A study conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia and the University of Zurich suggested women were more likely to report violent crimes committed against them, such as domestic violence and sexual assault, to a department that had female officers on the force. Both Atkins and Cottrill said that appears to be true at their departments.

Atkins said women might be uncomfortable talking to a man about intimate crimes committed against them, especially in cases where they have been abused or assaulted by a man.

“I mean, that female’s just been violated in a way that no one can understand unless they’ve been in those shoes,” she said. “At that point, she’s feeling incredibly vulnerable. She maybe doesn’t want to talk to males at all.”

Misconceptions about law enforcement might be deterring more women from pursuing careers in the field as well, Atkins said.

She said TV shows make police work look intensely physical and intimidating.

Atkins said she spends more time responding to nonviolent crimes, such as online harassment and theft, than she does violent ones. Her training prepared her for the incidents that do get physical, though.

“You know, I didn’t come into law enforce-

ment a street brawler,” she said. “I learned to handle myself and protect myself through my training.”

Cottrill said women may overestimate the amount of sexism they would face on a police force. She said she herself hasn’t faced any resistance, which was a “pleasant surprise.”

Cottrill and Atkins both said the men with whom they work have been supportive from the start.

Cottrill said she would tell young women considering law enforcement careers “to go for it.”

“And if you’re afraid of stuff that you’d be experiencing in the field ... know that a lot of that isn’t true,” she said. “You know, we’d definitely be happy to have them in the field. @BAILEYGALLION BG272614@OHIO.EDU RIGHT: Ohio University Police Detective Brittany Cottrill poses for a portrait in the women’s locker room of the Ohio University Police Department. (EMMA HOWELLS / PHOTO EDITOR) BELOW: Athens County Sheriff’s Deputy Jen Atkins poses for a portrait outside of the Athens County Sheriff’s office. (BLAKE NISSEN / FOR THE POST)

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New businesses on Union Street JONNY PALERMO FOR THE POST The top stories from this past week included the opening of new businesses on West Union Street, Athens Police Department reports and a local debate between two candidates running for the Ohio House of Representatives. Here’s a recap of the week’s news: STRING OF CAR THEFTS A pattern of car thefts during the past few months has caught the eye of local authorities, and organized crime is possibly the source of the problem.

Eight alleged vehicle thefts were listed in the crimes of the month news release from Athens County Crime Solvers Anonymous.

Athens Police Chief Tom Pyle said it is likely that certain groups are moving through the area, stealing cars and selling them for scrap metal.

The thefts have occurred in both the city and Athens County, though Athens County Sheriff Rodney Smith said they haven’t been as much of a problem in the county.

NEW GERMAN RESTAURANT A new restaurant opened on 120 W. Union St. at the spot formerly occupied

by W.G. Grinders.

Starting Gates Bier Halle will serve German-style beers brewed in Ohio.

Owners Daniel J. Gates and Terry Smith saw that Athens needed a German restaurant, and they decided to fill the void.

The new menu will feature pizza, subs and salads, as well as traditional German fare, such as bratwursts and sauerkraut.

WEST UNION STREET CONSTRUCTION The first of many new businesses has opened in the previously fire-damaged area of West Union Street.

10 WEST Clothing Co., a unisex clothing store, opened at 10 W. Union St., a space formerly occupied by Uptown Dog owner Mary Cheadle, who relocated to 9 W. Union St. during reconstruction, but decided to open a new business in the renovated building complex.

The new store will include a “nearly new” section, offering customers the chance to buy gently used garments for 50 to 70 percent less than the original prices.

Other businesses will occupy the newly built storefront. The Ohio University Credit Union will be in one spot, and an unnamed restaurant will take another, property owner Guy Phillips said.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTIONS

POLICE SHOOTING A suspect was shot by Athens Police Department officers during a vehicle pursuit Sept. 24 after a reported vehicle theft.

The suspect, 18-yearold Samuel Lott of Nelsonville, was transported to Columbus for gunshot wound treatment. He has been charged with receiving stolen property and eluding law enforcement officers.

Nineteen-year-old Jacob Bowens of Carbon Hill, was also charged with receiving stolen property. Both are being held in Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail.

ATHENS DEBATE OU Student Senate hosted a debate Sept. 26 between candidates for the Ohio House of Representatives.

Sarah Grace, the Democratic candidate, and Jay Edwards, the Republican candidate, expressed their thoughts on the economy, healthcare, education, environment and community.

The event was hosted in conjunction with the OU College Democrats and OU College Republicans.

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Keith Brock, the manager at the Tech Guru desk in Bobcat Depot, works on fixing a hard drive in Bobcat Depot on Sept. 26, 2016. (EMILY MATTHEWS | PHOTO EDITOR)

Tech gurus tackle students’ copious computer mishaps JULIA FAIR FOR THE POST

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s Keith Brock cracked open a laptop to repair it, he was met with a group of earthworms wiggling out of the hardware.

The incident happened after an Ohio University student left the laptop out while camping in the woods. It was up to Brock, the manager of computer services and repair, and the rest of the Bobcat Depot’s tech gurus to repair the irreparable. In other instances, the gurus have seen laptops overrun with water, coffee, sports drinks and even dog urine.

“For every computer that just has a software problem, there’s a computer that’s just completely destroyed in 8 / SEPT. 29, 2016

some way,” Ben Bowald, a tech guru at the Bobcat Depot, said.

Bowald, a sophomore studying management information systems, has only been repairing his peers’ computers for less than a year, but he’s seen a wide variety of repair situations.

“The worst I’ve seen is a woman who left her laptop out by a campfire and it rained,” he said, adding that he found a few dead moths in the laptop during the repair.

Sometimes,Bowald comes across embarrassing material on students’ laptops.

“We’ve seen a few instances of people having hardcore porn on their desktops and stuff,” he said. “(The porn) is pretty embarrassing

but not necessarily bad for performance.”

After everything he’s seen happen to laptops, Bowald said he's also seen some mental breakdowns in the middle of the store.

Brock sees more emotional students during finals week, when coffee spills seem to increase.

Laptop injuries increase after spring break as well, Brock said, pointing to one year when he tried to fix a vomit-infused keyboard.

Dalyn Hoffman, a senior studying strategic communications, had an emotional stretch during finals week of her sophomore year when her laptop fell victim to liquid damage.

“I was literally about to walk out of the door and head to a history final and spilled soda on my laptop,”

Hoffman said in an email.

After having a friend take her laptop to Bobcat Depot, the gurus weren’t able to completely fix her laptop, but they were able to get all the files off, she said.

“I was definitely freaking out when it happened,” Hoffman said. “Especially because it was finals week.”

During move-in weekend one year, Brock said a woman had her computer sitting on a windowsill when a mover knocked the machine out of the window.

“It fell four stories, and it completely snapped,” Brock said.

No matter how rough the repair, Brock said he has fun with his job by keeping a Facebook album of the worst repair situations and ones that make

him laugh.

When the gurus do come across liquid damage, it’s “iffy” if they can bring a computer back to life, Bowald said. The most they can do is try to dry it out, he said.

Brock also tells students about the computer labs available for students to use across campus.

The lab on the fifth floor of Baker University Center is usually where he tells students to go, Brock said, but he added that students can go to the building that houses their major and use those labs.

Desperate students often come to Nedra Plant, IT specialist at Alden Library, for guidance.

“I’ve had a few who have desperately needed (a laptop) because they dropped them off at the

tech depot or if (they) just stopped working,” Plant said.

Alden Library has 25 laptops available for Ohio University students to check out, Plant said.

Plant added that the laptops cannot be removed from Alden and can only be checked out for two hours at a time. The library employees also discourage students from leaving documents on the rented laptops in case the files are accidentally deleted, Plant said.

Still, the tech gurus at Bobcat Depot always hope for a good end result for the distraught student.

"It's much more fun to see the relief on people's faces," Bowald said.

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U recruits diversity HOW OU BRINGS INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TO A SMALL COLLEGE TOWN

LEFT: WeChat, one of the largest instant messaging services in China, is often used by international students to communicate with their friends and family members back home. (LAILA RIAZ / PHOTO ILLUSTRATION)

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hio University hopes to use smartphone applications in the future to entice more international students to come to cam-

pus.

In the past seven years, OU recruited approximately 1,700 international students a year through agents and representatives abroad, according to its website. The Strategic Enrollment Management Office at OU is examining ways to take advantage of social media to target international students.

“We are in the process of looking into what is the best WeChat strategy for us,” Craig Cornell, senior vice provost for Strategic Enrollment Management, said in an email.

WeChat is a mobile-messaging service app created in China and has functions similar to Facebook, Instagram and Skype, Xin Su, a senior from Tianjin, China, studying electronic engineering, said. Approximate-

ly 806 million people use WeChat monthly, according to Tencent Holdings Limited, the creators of the application.

OU can expand recruitment in countries like China by creating an account on WeChat, in which it can post “moments,” which are similar to Facebook posts. A user can see such moments from their friends, curated into one news feed.

A “moment” can be a photo, a short video called a “sight” or a written post shared by a user to their friends on the app. A university could create an account and post advertisements or information about its programs for WeChat users to see.

Some universities in the U.S. have already created accounts on WeChat, such as Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania. The university started using WeChat to recruit international students, and in six weeks, it had 200 students sign up for the mobile app, according to U.S. News and World Report.

Cornell said the enrollment office currently reaches international students through partnerships with international universities, agents who represent the university and other recruitment events.

Many Chinese students and their par-

ents know a lot about U.S. educational system, and now have many different options when choosing an American university, making recruitment more difficult for OU despite many years of effort, Cornell said.

Fadwa Al Zadjali, a sophomore studying business administration, said a representative from OU came to talk to her school in Oman, but she said using social media might be easier to bring more international students.

“Most of the people now use social media, and they spend a lot of time on social media,” Al Zadjali said. “So it might be a good idea to let them know more about OU and their facilities and services that they have because it’s the easiest way.”

Many countries avoid using apps that are popular in the United States, Su said.

Countries like China, for example, use apps such as WeChat because the Chinese government has blocked some western apps such as Facebook from being used in the country, according to the Los Angeles Times.

The blocking of apps does not bother Su, he said, because he uses other apps created in China, such as Baidu and Sina Weibo. He added he does not need apps like Facebook,

Twitter and YouTube.

Su said universities using apps directly to persuade potential students is more effective than a third-party study abroad agency.

Su said he learned about OU through the agency JJL Overseas Education Consulting & Service Co., a study abroad consulting service.

Using a third-party study abroad agency is a popular way for students to find a university, but it can cost both students and universities thousands of dollars, according to the New York Times.

Alenka Fairley, a freshman from Cairo, Egypt, studying psychology, said she thinks the university has a good online presence and found the OU Facebook page before she enrolled. “(OU) is doing pretty well regarding international programs and stuff,” Fairley said. “I think they could just advertise more about the programs available for international students that they might know of.”

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Despite Athens’ light pollution, one group looks to the heavens “Star Parties” offer chance for students to learn more about astronomy outside of a classroom setting LUKE FURMAN THE POST

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mid jam-packed schedules and late nights spent studying, developing a cosmic perspective can put life in a greater context.

A simple path to astral enlightenment is through stargazing .

“A lot of people have grown up feeling Saturn is a thing in books,” Ethan Gower, a junior studying astrophysics, said. “Being able to see Saturn and its rings in real life lets them see it exists and is an actual thing.”

Using a telescope with the right amount of power, like the eight-inch model Ethan Gower brings to each of his “Star Party” events, one can peer into the sky to catch a glimpse of double stars, Neptune, nebulas and infinitely more celestial objects.

Gower and sophomore Jack Deffet have hosted a series of stargazing events, the last of which took place Sept. 23. To combat the light pollution Athens radiates, the group convened on a hillside in the State Street Cemetery, beyond the neon glow of Court Street.

Dubbed “Star Party 5.2,” the event attracted more people than any of the previous four star parties, Gower, a junior studying astrophysics, said. The “.2” in the title accounts for two weather-obstructed attempts. Only sparse clouds obscured Friday night’s view.

As bright as Athens may seem, the light pollution in Athens is not as bad as other areas, George Eberts, an assistant professor of astronomy and physics, said. Athens has a light pollution ordinance in place restricting what direction a light can be shined in, depending on its brightness.

“O’Bleness Hospital and the mall have (light) cut-offs at certain times because that’s what contractors are required now,” Eberts said.

Gower agreed that Athens is a location that allows for successful stargazing but is not optimal.

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lution,” Gower said. “I make due with it the best I can.”

At the height of the evening, 12 to 15 stargazers trickled in and out. Each time Gower adjusted his large, cylindrical telescope to the next star, planet or star group, the attendees formed a line to have an up-close view of an elusive sight.

“It’s cool that Ethan (Gower) is taking the time to do this,” Trevor Seymour, a college student studying in Columbus, said. “It’s a perfect spot and everyone is in good spirits.”

As an astrophysics major, Gower said his fascination with space started when he read a space-themed National Geographic issue as a child. He aspires to work for NASA, and holds a special interest in Pluto.

“My friends say I know too much about space,” Gower said. “There’s so much to learn about in astronomy.”

The astronomy department houses 8 inch, 10 inch and 13.1 inch aperture telescopes, although it only lends them to trusted students usually in the astronomy program.

Eberts said lending “hardly happens ever.”

“Telescopes are measured by their aperture in inches,” Eberts said. “The wider the reflector mirror inside, the more surface area is exposed to starlight.”

Eberts said telescope apertures reach to sizes of two meters and larger.

“There are a number of people in the region who are avid astronomers,” Eberts said.

“I’m aware of people who have good equipment but do not belong to any club.”

He said since the Southeast Ohio Astronomical Society shut down two years ago, few organized stargazing groups locally operate.

Gower also said he could not find any other stargazing groups other than an astronomy seminar in Clippinger Laboratories. He said his events might be among the only local stargazing options, even on a monthly basis.

When 11:44 p.m. rolled around, Gower pointed the telescope at the star cluster Pleiades in the constellation Taurus until attention transferred to the fading of the “demon star,” Algol, in the Perseus constellation. The event happens every 2 7/8 days.

The star dimmed, much like the evening, ending the local stargazing excursion.

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Kilts honor tradition and provide comfort Ken Jackson, a barista at Donkey Coffee and Espresso, poses for a portrait in one of his kilts across from Donkey on West Washington Street. (PATRICK / FOR THE POST)

ALEX DARUS CULTURE EDITOR Harvey Ballard first became interested in kilts about 15 years ago, but didn’t actually wear one in public until 10 years later after he researched his genealogy and found he had Scottish and Irish ancestors.

“I just decided screw it — I’m more than 50 years old, who gives a crap?” Ballard, an associate professor and internship coordinator of the environmental and plant biology program, said.

Although kilts are centuries old and not always considered mainstream clothing, some students and local residents choose to respect that tradition and wear their kilts around Athens.

Ballard found his first kilt, which he described as “theoretically cheap,” for about $130. He added that most kilts are relatively more expensive.

“I wore it (and) for the first hour I was kind of terrified, and then I looked around, and no one was paying any attention,” Ballard said.

Ken Jackson, a barista at Donkey Coffee and Espresso, started wearing kilts about three years ago when he looked into his background and discovered his Irish heritage. Jackson wears a kilt at least five days a week and owns 11 of them.

“I just found it to be something that was neat. … It didn’t fit the social norm,” Jackson said.

Not all people who wear kilts decide to do so to honor tradition, however.

Dominic Detwiler, a freshman studying music education, said he got his first and only kilt a couple of years ago, and he “just love(s) it.” Despite his Celtic heritage, Detwiler said he doesn’t wear his kilt for the traditional aspect.

“It’s more just because it’s super cool and it’s comfortable,” Detwiler said. “I think a lot of people do wear it for traditional reason and … I think it gives people a great opportunity to connect to that aspect of the tradition.”

Ballard said once he became interested in wearing kilts somewhat regularly, he realized he wouldn’t be able to buy another one considering the expense. He looked at the construction of his initial kilt and figured he could make one himself.

He first attempted to make one by hand but quickly switched to a quilt-making sewing machine. He set up wholesale accounts with tartan mills in Scotland so he could receive the expensive, finely machined wool at a discounted price.

The bottom corner of the kilt is held down by a kilt pin and a leather front satchel called a “sporran,” Ballard said. Buckles and straps also help with keeping the kilt closed.

“I’ve worn my kilt in 35 mph wind and haven’t had a problem,” Ballard said.

Jackson has bought a few sporrans on-

line, and even made his own out of elk. He added that from his research, he has found that sporrans were traditionally worn on the side, but that became inconvenient for Celtic musicians who carried around bagpipes. The modern style is to wear them in the front.

It takes Ballard a few months to make one kilt because he is busy with his day job as a professor.

“I don’t advertise (my kilt business) because if I did, I’d never be able to keep up with it,” Ballard said.

Jackson said he has never bought a kilt from Ballard, but the two have talked multiple times about planning a time for Jackson to “apprentice” under Ballard while he actually creates a kilt.

Kilts have become more mainstream, Jackson said, partially because entertainment figures, such as musician Axl Rose, started wearing them as fashionable garments.

“It’s definitely becoming more popular,” Jackson said. “But not enough where you’re finding (kilts) in the malls.”

Jackson said in the modern era, there are certain occasions in which wearing a kilt is seen as inappropriate.

“If people can get away from the stereotype that it’s a dress or a skirt, then you’ll find more and more people (wearing) them,” Jackson said.

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REBEKAH BARNES / SENIOR WRITER o to class. Take notes.

Take tests. Pass the class, hopefully. It is the academic circle of life.

However, without proper guidance and understanding of how the brain comprehends notes, the cycle can become nearly impossible to complete.

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WHY TAKE NOTES? Sue Fletcher, assistant director of academic skills instruction in the Academic Advancement Center at Ohio University, hears it all the time when she is talking to students about studying: “I looked at my notes.”

“That’s the standard for how people say they study,” Fletcher said. “Unless you have a photographic memory, and you take really beautiful notes, staring at your notes is not going to help you learn (the material) nearly as well as if you do something active with them.”

Note-taking is just a tool to advance the studying process, said Jeff Vancouver, a professor and William C. Byham Chair in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

But, it is a tool that when done well and accompanied by specific study habits, such as reviewing the material outside of class, can take the content beyond just a one-semester course.

That means taking notes in class, listening, then following it up with reviewing, reading and interacting with those notes. It is a balance and understanding of what works.

“Cramming works in the short-term,” Vancouver said. “You will actually do better on tests you cram for as opposed to spaced practice. … If you space practiced, you’re much more likely to remember the

material (after the exam).”

In order to maintain knowledge, note-taking shouldn’t just be writing down the key points from a class, Fletcher said. It is not about transcribing what a lecturer says, nor will that help.

“I think it’s more of a mindset on how you view notes,” Fletcher said. “I think a lot of students view notes as ‘I’ve just got to capture everything that’s said’ instead of looking at it as a study tool.”

Fletcher said taking good notes can change a student’s attitude.

“I think good notes can make a student feel confident about the class,” Fletcher said. “If they take really good notes, they can feel more confident when they study that they know what they need to do. …

You have a little bit more ownership in the course because the learning really is on you; it’s not on the professor.”

LEARNING HOW TO LEARN When it comes to starting the process, Fletcher said some students might not have exposure to how to take notes, and it can be difficult for first-year students.

Take Rebecca Biss. She is a senior studying restaurant, hotel and tourism.

Prior to coming to OU, she was homeschooled. “(Coming to college) was the first time I was taking notes, really, and so for me it was a little bit harder to learn how to take notes because I never had to take (them),” Biss said.

The Academic Advancement Center, located on the first floor of Alden Library, serves as a tool for students to learn skills such as note-taking through advising and classes for university credit.

One of the topics that is covered in the class are different methods of note-taking.

There are several methods the Academic Advancement Center teaches that

could be valuable options for note takers. A few of those methods include the Cornell Method, outline notes and concept mapping. The Cornell Method uses a three-section grid to interact with the material, outline notes use a hierarchy to bullet or number important pieces of information, and concept mapping visually arranges and connects topics together.

“It’s something that you definitely have to experiment with sometimes,” Fletcher said. “Most high school students haven’t had a course where they have had 50 minutes of lecture and been responsible for all of the material and over a period of several weeks (had to think), ‘I’ve got to somehow digest this into something that I can use.’ ” For students who might have a disability that makes taking notes difficult in classes, OU’s Student Accessibilities Services offers a number of options to help accommodate students' needs. During an intake process, the student and an accessibility coordinator can determine what route to take, Carey Busch, Assistant Dean for Student Accessibility, said in an email.

Busch said that can involve “using a LiveScribe pen, getting copies of (PowerPoints)/presentations if they are not already shared, or a peer note taker.”

“If a student is approved for a peer note taker, each semester that student initiates a request to Student Accessibility Services for the classes for which a note taker is required,” Busch said in an email.

Accommodations coordinated through Student Accessibility Services are free of charge to students, including note-taking.

Note takers are compensated up to $150 for a semester’s worth of notes, Busch said. Emails may be sent out to a class seeking note takers, which the office

GETTING STRUCTURED Although Sue Fletcher, assistant director of academic skills instruction in the Academic Advancement Center, said note-taking should be structured however a student learns best, here are just a few methods that can get the pen moving:

Cornell Method The Cornell Method of note-taking was created in the 1950s by Walter Paulk, an education professor at Rice University. The structure involves splitting a piece of paper into three sections: a right, left and bottom. The right side is for notes during class, the left for adding questions after class that correspond to the notes for studying at a later date, and the bottom section is used for summarizing the content for better understanding.

Outline Using bullet points or numbered lists, outline notes follow simple hierarchy rules: main topics are dissected into smaller points underneath.

Concept Maps With a more artistic approach, concept mapping involves creating webs and threads between understanding and are notes geared more toward visual learners. It is like the outline method’s more artistically inclined cousin.

Sketchnotes Like concept maps, this technique is more artistic.

Streamlined by Mike Rohde, author and creator of Sketchnote Army, it is a visual way to create notes.

Julie Elman, associate professor in OU’s School of Visual Communication, said it is “not full blown illustrations, but it’s not just random doodling.”

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looks for quick responses to help out. Busch said the service does not excuse students receiving help from class.

“The idea is that if the student shows up and participates in lecture/class time they have a right to the same level of access to that information,” Busch said in an email. “If their disability impacts their ability to take notes the note taker helps them access that information.”

A TECHNOLOGICAL APPROACH Zachery Schlimm, a senior studying marketing, has been trying something new with his notes this year.

“During my freshman and sophomore year, I took notes in an actual notebook,” Schlimm said. “Now I’m kind of transitioning into taking notes on a laptop my last two years. I like taking notes on a laptop. It’s easier because you don’t have to print out the lecture slides. … If you can keep yourself contained ... then you should be good.”

However, a study published in Psychological Science found that in conceptual and application-based questions, those who take notes by hand are better off than those who do so on a laptop.

Kelly Tusing, a junior studying cyber communication, said taking notes just comes naturally on a laptop. Most of her classes are online, which means taking notes on the content in videos and PowerPoints.

“I always typed papers generally really fast,” Tusing said. “I hated writing in general.

It just always hurt my hand.”

Biss and Carmen Thorne, a senior studying restaurant, hotel and tourism, said they’re all about handwriting their notes.

Thorne said she was taught to do so because it is like learning the material over again.

“I think I do it more because I think so much of the stuff we use is on screen, so it starts hurting your brain,” Biss said. “You just don’t retain it as well.”

NEW TAKE ON NOTES Some students might not comprehend a straightforward outline. According to the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching, one of the most common breakdowns of learning styles is VARK, which stands for visual, aural (hearing), verbal (reading/writing) and kinesthetic (performing). About 65 percent of people are visual learners, according to the Social Science Research Network. That can create problems for visual learners to comprehend material while sitting and listening to lectures.

Julie Elman, associate professor in OU’s School of Visual Communication, found a visual approach that helps her.

Elman said she uses a technique called sketchnoting, which was streamlined by Mike Rohde, author and creator of Sketchnote Army.

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GETTING GUIDANCE All offerings are available through the Academic Advancement Center, located on the first floor of Alden Library.

Supplemental Instruction (SI) SI sessions are led by students who have taken the course of study. Leaders will assist in reviewing the material through activities. SI sessions are not offered for all courses. Sessions are free and are typically offered multiple times a week, although it depends on the class.

Study Skills Courses Students can enroll in classes that specifically discuss study habits and skills and how to improve upon those. There are three different courses offered such as learning strategies and college reading skills. The courses, offered through the University College, are one to two credit hours.

Study Skills Tutoring Students can schedule one-on-one tutoring with an academic skills instructor about study skills.

That can include note-taking, time management and exam preparation. A tutor is free and can be set up on TutorTrac.

TutorTrac also allows for peer tutoring opportunities in certain areas of focus and classes.

Peer tutoring is $10 per session.

sits with a notebook and pen and is drawing out what she sees. She describes her notes as “not full blown illustrations, but it’s not just random doodling.” She said sketchnoting also does not have to occur right in the moment but can be done later, after processing the content.

“I do think there’s a learning curve (with sketchnoting),” Elman said. “ I think you have to be open to it in the beginning and willing to try it out and try it out and not get hung up on the way it looks.”

In her experience teaching the style, Elman said a lot of students can get hung up on how the actual drawings look, but that is not the point. One of the techniques she teaches and uses is creating small icons that can be used throughout drawings.

Each note has a “point of entry,” such as a title, that serves as a jumping-off point for the rest of the text. Past that, it is up to the person how they want to organize it. Elman said she typically leans toward organizing her work into a grid, but there is no right or wrong way.

That system is not only catered to visual learners, but it might also be able to help students “listen more acutely” and better understand content. “(Sketchnoting) is totally valid and also shown to be a highly effective way of taking notes through the mix of visuals and words,” Elman said. “I think there’s a … bias for how notes should be taken and how papers should be written. … (Students) learn through visuals as well as the words, so why not start out by taking notes or brainstorming that way, too.”

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM Post-college, Trevis Thompson, an academic skills instructor at the Academic Advancement Center, said note-taking is an important skill in the workforce.

“When your boss is giving you instructions or telling you what they want you to do, it might be a good idea to write that down,” Thompson said.

Note-taking can be essential in moving up in a profession, Vancouver said.

“In most jobs, you have to keep up with stuff, ... or you want to move up, and so you’re developing yourself as an employee, so learning is always a part of a job,” Vancouver said. “Particularly if you want to do well. … The good habits you develop as a student, you should continue to use as an adult.”

With a skill that will transfer from the classroom to the workforce, Fletcher said all in all, it is important to continue to learn in the way that works best for you.

“There’s no one-size-fits-all,” Fletcher said. “You kind of need to find what fits you, and it might be different for different classes.”

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Many 'phish' in the sea

Ohio University fends off phishing scams and viruses through its OIT security department

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hen hackers and scammers try to con Ohio University students and faculty online, it’s up to the Office of Information Technology to keep devices and personal information secure.

“People often think of IT security as all of these cool gadgets and people in front of screens clicking away at their keyboards trying to beat the hackers,” Sean O’Malley, communications manager for OIT, said.

But at institutions like OU, the solution to combating hacking threats is usually less complex than one might assume — it just involves understanding basic human nature and how people can be fooled, O'Malley said.

The office’s security department, led by Ed Carter, senior manager of in-

formation security at OU, largely works to combat phishing scams directed at university email accounts. Those scams, which trick users into revealing personal information, come from all over, Carter said.

“Literally it’s from all over the world, 365 days a year,” he said.

The scams are typically external attempts to access someone’s login information for financial gain, and Carter said they are the most common internet security risk the university handles. The attacks typically come via email, where an attacker pretends to be a user’s friend or someone official and asks the person for his or her account information.

“With our lives becoming more and more digital these days, if someone steals my OU password, then they theoretically could log in and try to change my direct deposit right before payday,” Carter said.

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OU has protections in place to keep student and faculty information safe. Still, Carter stressed that it is not all up to those security employees to keep information safe.

With knowledge of how to recognize and report phishing scams, Carter said people can protect their accounts and devices from potential irreversibly damaging attacks.

“Security is everyone’s responsibility,” he said. “Think before you click.”

ATTACKERS AIM TO PROFIT Phishing scams can target students, faculty and staff because university emails are publicly available; anyone can search the university’s directory, Carter said.

The security department receives multiple reports of such scams daily, he said, though the degree of actual compromises to university accounts has been minimal.

“We’ve had a small amount of compromises through the phishing,” he said. “You get a few people who fall for these things and give away their credentials.”

The attackers perform the scams because it is relatively inexpensive to do so, O’Malley said.

“They can use free or inexpensive mailer software and just plug in a list of addresses, spend a few minutes typing up addresses, and then they walk away from it, and it sends out the messages,” he said. “Really no account is too small. They use your account to send out mass emails to other people.”

Carter said some scammers try to access financial information, such as tax forms or bank account information, which could allow them to take out loans or credit cards in someone else’s name.

Risks are not limited to email scams, though. John Hoag, associate professor in the J. Warren McClure School of Information and Telecommunication Systems, said computers on OU’s network can be infected through distributed denial of service attacks, or DDoS. Such attacks happen when a hacker takes control of multiple devices in multiple locations and uses those devices to launch a coordinated attack on a single device or network, O’Malley said. That attack prevents other people from accessing the website or device being attacked.

“Our devices can become infected, and in turn, become accomplices in these DDoS attacks,” Hoag said. “The university provides anti-virus (software) and provides the means for updating university-owned machines. But it’s hard to keep up.”

Hoag said his most pressing concern is what he calls “under-maintained or misconfigured devices” — computers that lack updated software or secure passwords and thus are more likely to be at-risk.

In addition, connecting devices with micro-USB cables, such as charging one’s phone through a computer’s USB port, is “very, very risky,” he said.

“In terms of what consumes the most time, it’s actually phishing attacks,” Bazeley said of the university’s security work. “We get about seven or so a week where they are successful and start blasting out more messages from a compromised account.”

Similar to OU, Miami’s IT Services employees then help students and faculty regain control of their accounts.

Both Bowling Green State University and Kent State University also have similar policies in regards to responding to internet security incidents, according to their respective websites.

Bazeley said one challenge Miami faces is ensuring students and faculty know of security threats and how to respond.

“We’re not there yet,” he said. “Right now we’re having conversations to make sure all are aware.”

Matt Sheets, left, and Haley Baker, security analysts at Ohio's Office of Information Technology, work on their computers at the West Union Street Office Center. OIT’s security department monitors reports of phishing scams and investigates security incidents involving students and faculty. (ALEX DRIEHAUS / DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY)

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With our lives becoming more and more digital these days, if someone steals my OU password, then they theoretically could log in and try to change my direct deposit right before payday.”

- Ed Carter, senior manager of information security at OU Hoag cautioned that OU is not that big of a target compared to other commercial organizations, such as banks, insurance companies and utilities companies.

“Most of the threats are economic in nature, and they’re directed toward significant organizations,” he said. “That’s not us. We’re not a high value target.”

OU STRIVES TO PROTECT PRIVACY To combat phishing attacks and viruses, OIT’s security department detects and deters threats across OU’s network with automated tools, and it provides anti-virus software for all university computers, Carter said.

“Our automated systems analyze approximately a billion data points per day for malicious activity,” he said. “And that can go up or down on a daily basis.”

Carter and the department’s security analysts monitor and respond to security threats each day, while helping students or faculty recover lost or stolen credentials, and investigating the incidents that are reported to the department.

The university has other precautions in place through its policies as well: Those with more access to classified university information — including network administrators or bursar, registrar or application administrators — have more security requirements for logging onto computers.

Students, faculty and staff are divided into different “risk levels,” according to the department’s policy, to reduce the possibility of hackers accessing classified information.

A PROBLEM ACROSS UNIVERSITIES OU is certainly not the only university to have faced information security threats.

Overseas hackers stole employees’ personal information from the University of Virginia in January, according to The Washington Post. NBC News also reported in September 2015 that universities across the country regularly dealt with cyberattacks.

For example, Miami University also regularly combats phishing scams, Joe Bazeley, information security officer at the university, said.

AWARENESS IS KEY TO SECURITY At Ohio University, though, the security department relies on “getting the word out” to students and faculty about staying safe, Carter said.

The department offers advice on best practices for computer security on its website, and the university hosts an annual IT security seminar each year, he said. This year’s seminar will take place Oct. 14 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Baker Center, O’Malley said.

He recommended students and faculty use strong passwords, avoid reusing or sharing passwords and never log onto unsolicited links or open unsolicited attachments in emails.

“OIT will never send an email that asks your for your username and password,” Carter said. “That’s what most phishing emails look like.”

OU also sends students and staff warnings about phishing scams via email. For example, OIT notified university employees March 17 that a “small percentage” of student and staff accounts had been compromised through phishing.

Hoag said another solution is to avoid checking email on a computer.

“I think that the best defensive thing you can do is to clear mail someplace else,” he said. “Clear your mail on your phone, which is much less likely to be infected. On your real computer, do every update that they ever offer.”

Carter said people should contact security@ohio.edu about any suspicious emails.

His staff responds to reports each week.

“We’re starting to get people to realize that ‘I need to think about where I’m going online,’ ” he said. “User response is massive these days.”

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reshman Erica Cox knows some high school sophomores who are older than her.

Erica, who studies integrated science education at Ohio University, is 16 years old. She and her twin sister skipped eighth grade. Erica, who is from Johnstown, then graduated an additional year early, she said.

She said she was able to graduate early by completing her required high school credits in three years and taking college-level classes.

“Our seventh grade year was some seventh grade classes, some eighth grade classes,” Erica said. “We eventually just skipped eighth grade and went to high school. I got through a couple of years of high school and said ‘I’m not doing this for another year,’ and decided to graduate another year early.”

Lukas Palmer, a freshman studying computer science who is from Lakewood, had a similar experience. Palmer started high school when he was 11 years old, which allowed him to complete high school early.

“I actually did this sort of five-year program there, where the goal was to lighten the workload and stretch it over five years just to make it more manageable and to do like a gap year-type thing so I wouldn’t finish high school so early,” he said.

The age difference between him and his peers had a negative impact on him socially, Palmer said.

“Not only did I enter high school at 11 ...

I also came from homeschooling and then a gifted school, so lots of other socially awkward people,” he said. “You kind of lost any social skills you might’ve had going into that, so I basically had nothing to work with when I went into high school.”

Stephen Petrill, a professor of developmental psychology at Ohio State University, said there are both ups and downs to starting college younger than 18. He said in most cases, it depends on the student’s maturity level.

“Sometimes people mature faster, so starting early is actually helpful as opposed to hurtful,” he said.

Petrill added that it is important to understand how far along a person is developed academically, socially and cognitively to balance the benefits and disadvantages before making a decision.

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Left: Erica Cox, a freshman studying integrated science education, started college at 16 years old. She graduated high school early and skipped the eighth grade. (LIZ MOUGHON / FOR THE POST)

I got through a couple of years of high school and said ‘I’m not doing this for another year,’ and decided to graduate another year early.”

- Erica Cox 16-year-old freshman at OU Shannon Cox, Erica’s mother, said Erica did not have social struggles growing up.

“I never had any concerns about Erica’s ability or her getting along with other people,” Shannon said. “She’s always done extremely well in that area, and had lots of friends, and teachers saying ‘hey, this is great, we can put her with any group of kids

in any classroom.’ ” Palmer said that though he used to struggle socially, he has not had any trouble adjusting to college.

“I have a single parent, and I’m an only child, so I was never really super dependent, which probably helped a lot,” he said. “It’s been a very smooth adjustment.

I haven’t had any issues with just managing things on my own.”

Jasmine Lambert, Erica’s peer mentor through the LINKS program, said Erica also seems to be adjusting well to college.

“She’s very timid and quiet, but I think there’s a shell you have to break down there, so we’re working on it,” Lambert, a senior studying journalism and political science, said.

Lambert said that in her three years as a peer mentor, she has never worked with a freshman as young as Erica.

Having a 16-year-old in college can be

“disconcerting” at times, largely due to the reactions of others, Shannon said.

“I believe I have a daughter who’s very confident, who’s exactly where she needs to be, and where she’s established a great fit,” Shannon said. “I think it’s more just the dissonance that’s created when you’re having conversations or doing things that are considered ordinary when other people find it a lot more unusual than we find it.”

Palmer said students can start college early and still have a normal experience, despite the age difference.

“As far as everyone’s experience, it does depend a lot on how well you adjust to being in an offset like that,” he said. “College is definitely a product of how you were raised.”

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HOCKEY

Jimmy Thomas, a freshman Ohio goalie, poses for a portrait in Bird Arena before practice. (LAILA RIAZ / FOR THE POST)

Freshman finds fit in ‘Goalie Union’ Jimmy Thomas will be the first to tell you goalies are a different breed, but he is trying to carve out his own niche at Ohio JORDAN HORROBIN STAFF WRITER

S

itting in Alden Library, freshman Jimmy Thomas stared down the calculus homework in front of him. Ryan Heltion had tried to help him, but the subject was not his strong suit.

Though Thomas didn’t get much help from Heltion on his homework, they’ve bonded in another way.

Thomas, a goalie for the Ohio’s hockey team, has found that within his new group of teammates, there is an even closer group: the goalies.

He joins Heltion and Aaron Alkema, both seniors, as the newest member of the team’s most exclusive clique.

“Goalies are a different kind of breed,”

Heltion said. “The rumors are true.”

Even when the whole team hangs out, the goalies in particular like to stay together. That means anything from studying together at the library to doing their own thing at a team-wide taco night.

The special bond, which Heltion called the “Goalie Union,” is based on the mutual level of respect and understanding goalies have for one another.

“You can play hockey forever, but if you’ve never played goalie, you don’t really understand the way it feels and what it’s like,” Heltion said.

They know how to handle a teammate who had a rough start in net. They complement each other’s gear. Sometimes, they even silently root for opposing goalies. It’s all part of the Union.

“Yeah, goalies are their own weird peo-

ple,” Thomas said.

So far, Thomas is happy to be part of the weirdness in Athens. He chose Ohio ahead of some NCAA Division III schools because of Ohio’s business program, as well as the fact that he knew practically every other incoming freshman one way or another.

And while Thomas is the new kid in the crease, Ohio coach Sean Hogan has made it clear that all three netminders will get a chance to play early on.

“We need to make sure that we’re strong there (in net) every single night, and we’ll go with whoever that guy is,” Hogan said.

“Whether it’s a freshman or a senior, they’re going to have to earn it.”

Hogan has yet to see Thomas in a true game setting, as he didn’t play in either of the team’s wins against John Carroll. But what Hogan has seen of his new goalie on film impressed him.

“He’s not leaky, in terms of when the puck hits him,” Hogan said. “He’s going to eat up all the rebounds.”

Heltion noted Thomas’ confidence and quickness in practice so far, as well as his flexibility.

“He can just throw the splits out whenever,” Heltion said. “I used to be able to do that, but as you get older, you kinda have to stretch out a bit more.”

Even with an early audition, Thomas will likely take a back seat to the seniors most of the season. Alkema and Heltion have started more than 90 percent of Ohio’s games in the past three seasons.

That’s no problem for Thomas, who views Alkema and Heltion as role models.

They’ve welcomed him into their tightly knit group and will help him grow as an athlete and as a student.

That way, when the seniors are gone next year, Thomas will be ready to take over.

“Obviously (for) next year, (I) cannot wait,” he said. “I’ll be the only returning goalie. (Coach Hogan) will obviously bring in a couple new ones, but hopefully it’s my net to take next year.”

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POST MODERN

Jimmy Stitt, a 23-year-old studying critical studies in educational foundations, walks into the Recovery Community room in Baker Center. (CAMILLE FINE / PHOTO ILLUSTRATION)

RECOVERY

ON CAMPUS OU students seeking addiction recovery turn to The Collegiate Recovery Community MEGAN HENRY / ASST. NEWS EDITOR 20 / SEPT. 29, 2016

Three weeks after Jimmy Stitt started his freshman year at Ohio University, he found himself in a back alley wearing handcuffs.

He was arrested after receiving his first underage drinking charge in fall 2012.

“Didn’t think too much of it,” Stitt said.

Fast-forward one year later, and he picked up an underage drinking citation after the police broke up a party he was attending.

“I had a beer in my back pocket,” Stitt said. “Not 21, (so) that (was) a problem.”

Stitt said he started drinking a little in high school, but his alcohol consumption increased throughout college. When he would go out on weekends, he said he would drink to excess.

PROGRAMS THROUGH THE COLLEGIATE RECOVERY COMMUNITY R.I.S.E. stands for Recovery to Inspire, Share and Empower and the meetings are open to OU students, faculty and staff. Their meetings take place every Friday from 3-4 p.m. in Baker 321.

SMART recovery stands for Self-Management and Recovery Training, and those meetings are open to the Athens community. Their meetings occur every Wednesday from 12-1 p.m. in Baker 321. reputation and more than 20 bars didn’t cause his drinking problems, the choices he made led him down a dark path.

“Ultimately, it came to the point where I was going to stop drinking ... and (make) some changes, or I was going to get kicked out of school,” Stitt said.

THE PATH TO RECOVERY

Almost 60 percent of college students ages 18 to 22 drank alcohol in the past month, and almost two out of three of those students took part in binge drinking in that timeframe, according to a survey by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism in 2015. Binge drinking is defined as consuming, in two hours, a minimum of four drinks for women and five drinks for men, according to the NIAAA. “When you come here as a freshman, the drinking is not encouraged; it’s expected,” Stitt said. “You’re at OU. You know what to do.”

During his undergraduate years, Stitt, now a 23-year-old graduate student studying critical studies in education foundations, said even though OU’s party school

In September 2014, Stitt began a sixweek program at GlenBeigh, an alcohol and drug treatment center in Rock Creek, about an hour outside of Cleveland. He took a medical withdrawal from OU during Fall Semester.

His mom, Lori Kusluch, would drive two and a half hours each way from Pittsburgh every Sunday to see her son.

“I felt that he sucked the life out of me emotionally and physically because I had spent so much time worrying about him,” Kusluch said.

He returned to OU for Spring Semester, and after a day of drinking, he got into a fight at Big Mamma’s Burritos, where he ended up going through the window of the restaurant.

The police arrived soon after, and for the second time in his life, Stitt wound up in jail, where he called his mom.

“I had to say to him, ‘You know what, Jimmy, I’m really sorry to hear that you are making some bad decisions, and I hope things work out for you, and I’ll pray for you, and I hope everything works out,’ and I had to hang up,” Kusluch said. “That was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.”

RECOVERY THROUGH THE AGES

Addiction is not a new problem for OU students. When Athens City Councilman Kent Butler attended OU in the early ‘90s, one of his junior year roommates was a drug dealer.

“You can imagine where my priorities were,” Butler said. “So, consequently, I went from making the Dean’s List my freshman year to almost failing, flunking out my ju-

nior year because of the decisions I was making which was related to partying.”

Butler thinks addiction resources on campus would have helped him, but designated resources did not exist at school in the same way they do now.

The Collegiate Recovery Community began at OU in 2012 and is a part of the Campus Involvement Center, which falls under the Division of Student Affairs.

“The collegiate recovery program is part of what we do here, and basically we provide support for students who are in recovery, who are seeking recovery or maybe they’ve been impacted by the addiction of a loved one,” Ann Addington, assistant director for health promotion, said. She came to the program in July 2013.

There are three universities in Ohio with collegiate recovery programs — OU, Ohio State University and Case Western Reserve University — and more than 160 such programs exist on college campuses across the country, according to Transforming Youth Recovery, an organization that provides recovery resources to students.

Stitt is the graduate assistant for the Collegiate Recovery Community for the 201617 academic year, and he tells his recovery story to different learning communities.

He has been sober since Feb. 18, 2015, the day of the fight that put him in jail for a second time.

“I get tears JIMMY STITT in my eyes every time (he tells the story),” Addington said.

B u t l e r , who now has worked as a drug and alcohol counselor for more than 15 years, said he likes that jobs working with people with addictions help to make a difference in people’s lives.

“That’s the most rewarding aspect, to see a person who was in the depths of hell climb their way back out and accept a friendly hand of support and then have a whole new outlook on life,” Butler said.

RECOVERY OPTIONS AT OU

OU’s Collegiate Recovery Community includes R.I.S.E., SMART recovery and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings.

R.I.S.E. stands for Recovery to Inspire, Share and Empower, and the meetings are open to OU students, faculty and staff. The meetings provide support for those in recovery from alcohol and other drugs.

SMART recovery stands for Self-Management and Recovery Training. Those meetings are open to the entire Athens

community.

Stitt got more involved in R.I.S.E. and SMART recovery groups over time.

“The way that I look at it is we’re all in this together, so we need to help each other out, provide support when we can and encourage one another,” Stitt said.

Ryan Dunham is a person who, without the help of OU’s recovery resources, might not have been able to overcome his addiction.

Dunham is pursuing his Ph.D in mass communication at OU, and he first heard about the Collegiate Recovery Community through a friend.

“It was a resource that I didn’t even know existed until my friend started talking about it,” Dunham said. “I had reached a point where I was sick of drinking.”

He had tried to stay sober on his own and made it “about 53 days” before he began drinking again.

Now that Dunham has gone through recovery programs and is sober, he said his schoolwork has improved, and that he had a few short stories published.

“Drinking was taking up all my free time,” Dunham said. “I put so much energy into drinking the way I wanted to drink that school suffered.”

SOBRIETY AND SUPPORT

Dunham said it doesn’t bother him when he sees people drinking Uptown.

“When I see everyone drunk and out at the bars I just kind of laugh at myself,” Dunham said. “What makes me sad is that with the kind of culture we have on this campus, there’s probably a lot of people who could benefit even from just thinking about recovery.”

His advice for those thinking about going through recovery is not to be afraid to ask for help.

Stitt said there are times it is difficult being in recovery.

“There are still days when it’s challenging, when it’s Friday night, and you know what Court Street looks like, but it’s easy for me because I just play the tape through in my head,” Stitt said. “I ultimately know what’s going to happen. There’s no justifying.”

Stitt’s mom said her son recovering from his addiction has made him grow up.

“I feel like he is now an adult meaning that he is so aware and so responsible and looks for other ways to find entertainment whether it’s hiking or reading a book,” Kusluch said. “I’ve seen him mature.”

Now that he has stopped drinking, Stitt said he does not miss feeling hungover.

“I can’t even put into words what a wonderful feeling that is,” Stitt said. “I think my productivity level in general has gone way up.”

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the weekender

Stage Door Series to give patrons a different view (From left to right) Natalie Stovall, Kelleigh Bannen and Ruthie Collins will perform as Three Girls Rock Into A Bar as part of the Stage Door Series at 8 p.m. on Friday. (ANDREW HOLZAEPFEL / PROVIDED)

GEORGIA DAVIS FOR THE POST Concertgoers will get a closer view of performers on the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium stage Friday.

Three artists: Natalie Stovall, Ruthie Collins and Kelleigh Bannen, will perform under the tour title Three Girls Rock Into A Bar on the MemAud stage at 8 p.m. The concert is part of the Campus Involvement Center’s Stage Door Series. Admission is $10.

People who attend any of the events in Stage Door Series will sit on stage with the performers. Andrew Holzaepfel, the senior associate director of student activities, said in an email that audience members being able to sit closer to the artists “allows for a more intimate experience with the performers.”

The stage will be able to hold about 200 people, and the singers will perform on a smaller stage placed on the larger one, Holzaepfel said in an email. He added that they have five stage door series events scheduled for the year so far, the next one being on Saturday featuring Diana Chittester & the Summoners.

Amanda Fischback, a senior studying communication and marketing, said being able to sit on the stage with the performers is interesting.

“I would definitely pay more attention sitting that close,” Fischback said.

The three singers were named some of Country Music Television’s next women of country.

When the country music artists played some of the same venues in Nashville, they decided to formally go on tour together with the name Three Girls Rock Into A Bar, according to the Performing Arts and Concert Series website.

“They’ve been touring it the last couple years,” Holzaepfel said. “They’re all friends — they have kinda popped in on each other’s shows.”

The singers will all perform separately — backed by Stovall’s band, The Drive — and come together for a few songs, Holzaepfel said.

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ers of the Year by Campus Activities Magazine. Her most-played single on Spotify — a music streaming website — with over 500 thousand plays is “Mason Jar.” Bannen did not start her music career until her college years, according to Billboard. Bannen has acquired over two million plays on her song “Famous.”

Collins released her first extended play, Vintage, in 2014. Her most-streamed song is a cover off the EP called “Ramblin’ Man,” which was originally sang by Hank Williams in 1953.

The experience of having audience members sit on stage is not a new style of concert for the Campus Involvement Cen-

ter, Holzaepfel said in an email, because it conducted similar events 16 years ago, when Holzaepfel first started his position.

The center is bringing back the idea after a hiatus of over a decade by creating a series around the concept.

“It is a very common experience (and) series for performing arts centers across the country,” Holzaepfel said in an email.

Casey Murph, a junior studying communication, said she has not heard of an event where people can sit on the stage with the performers. She added that she would go to a show that allowed the audience to sit where the performance takes place.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING LUKE FURMAN / FOR THE POST Just as Parents Weekend is a tradition at Ohio University, so is the weekend after, when students don’t have to spend all their energy chauffeuring mom and dad to every stop. Instead, they could spend their energy at one of the many shows, festivals and sporting events taking place over the weekend.

Two festival-like events are happening this weekend, although they do not have much crossover: Riverfest II ft. Soulja Boy and the annual Athens Area Fiber Faire.

Riverfest II will be held in the River Gate Apartments featuring several DJs and performers, including Soulja Boy, whose mantra-heavy hit “Crank That (Soulja Boy)” stirred up the feet of a generation.

Tickets to the festival cost $20 and are available online or at The Shack on Court Street.

The third annual Athens Area Fiber Faire, where focus rests more on hands instead of feet, offers an opportunity to purchase fiber-related products like yarn and attend several classes in the “fiber art” scheduled over two days at the Athens Community Center.

If students are looking for music this weekend, they’re especially in luck if they’re fans of metal or hip-hop.

Watch Them Rot, Beyond the Abyss, T.F.U. and Monocle will play in the Casa Cantina at 10 p.m. Friday. On the other side of town, Athens rock band Druid will

Friday What: Watch Them Rot, Beyond the Abyss, Monocle, T.F.U. When: 10 p.m.

Where: Casa Nueva, 4 W. State St. Admission: $3 cover

There will likely be shredding at Casa Nueva on Friday. The restaurant is hosting four bands that play in the styles of metal, punk and alternative rock. Athens metal outfit Watch Them Rot, West Virginia’s metal visitors Beyond the Abyss, Athens punk group T.F.U. and Dayton-based alternative rock band Monocle will take the stage Saturday in the Casa Cantina. There’s a $3 cover charge.

The show is 18 years and older.

What: 3 Girls Rock Into A Bar When: 8 p.m.

Where: Templeton­— Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium Admission: $10 general admission

What: Ohio Hockey vs.

Kent State When:7:30 p.m., Where: Bird Arena Admission: $5 for students, $7 for non students

Watch Them Rot will perform at The Smiling Skull Saloon on Friday at 10 p.m. with Beyond the Abyss, Monocle and T.F.U. (BRANDEN BOHLEN / PROVIDED)

perform at The Smiling Skull Saloon at 9 p.m. Saturday. Both shows will have a $3 cover charge.

Mission Man, a hip-hop artist from Oxford, will perform an “upbeat and dancey” set at Donkey Coffee & Espresso this Saturday at 8 p.m. with Hong Kong Rubber Bands opening. In addition, DJ plate a shrimp will be cutting “old school, true school and golden era hip-hop” in a live mix at Strictly Hip-Hop held in the Casa Cantina at 10 p.m. on Saturday.

OU’s Stage Door Series will present two shows this weekend. Country-twinged rockers Three Girls Rock Into A Bar will play at 8 p.m. on Friday and Diana Chittester & The Summoners will give an

Saturday What: Athens Area Fiber Faire When: 10 a.m., Saturday; 12 p.m., Sunday Where: Athens Community Center, 701 E. State St. Admission: Classes are $10 to $30 This Saturday and Sunday, the Athens Community Center will host the third annual Fiber Faire. The faire presents an opportunity to learn about and purchase fiber-based products such as yarn, roving and other supplies. According to organizers, the event is held in the support of “fiber arts” including knitting, crocheting and weaving in the Mid-Ohio Valley. Some classes at the faire include “Yarn Voyage for Knitting and Design” and “The Versatile Mitered Square.”

The cost of the classes range from $10 to $30 but the majority are $20.

A full schedule of classes, along with a list of vendors, can be found on the event’s website.

What: Diana Chittester and The Summoners When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Templeton— Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium Admission: $5 in advance, $10 general admissions

What: Riverfest II ft.

Soulja Boy When: 2 p.m.

Where: River Gate Apartments, 10 Rufus St. Admission: Tickets available for $20

acoustic performance at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. Both events will be held in the Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium. The former cost is $10 while the latter is $5 in advance and $7 at the door.

Home sporting events are light this weekend as both the football and volleyball team are playing away games. However, Ohio Hockey will play Kent State at 7:30 p.m. on Friday and again on Saturday at Bird Arena. Ohio women’s soccer also has a few matches this weekend: one against Western Michigan at 4 p.m. Friday and another against Northern Illinois University at 1 p.m. on Sunday. @LUKEFURMANLOG LF491413@OHIO.EDU

What: Mission Man (Hip—Hop), Hong Kong Rubber Bands When: 8 p.m.

Where: Donkey Coffee & Espresso, 17 W. Washington St. Admission: $5 cover

Mission Man will take the stage at Donkey Coffee Saturday night. Mission Man, a moniker taken by rapper Gary Milholland in 1996, performs upbeat hip-hop songs such as “Extra” and “Love, Funk and Soul.” Milholland often plays those two songs in sequence. He said they make for a “good transition, are upbeat and try to make you smile.” Hong Kong Rubber Bands will open for Milholland.

“I loved rapping ever since I started,” he said.

“Making an impact on people’s lives still gives me purpose.”

Mission Man’s shows are usually upbeat and “dance-y,” but he said he might incorporate some slower numbers Saturday.

What: Acoustic Jazz Night with John Horne When: 8 p.m.

Where: Athens Uncorked, 14 Station St. Admission: Free What: Strictly Hip­— Hop with DJ Plate A Shrimp When: 10 p.m.

Where: Casa Nueva, 6 W. State St. Admission: Free

What: Ohio Hockey vs.

Kent State When: 7:30 p.m.

Where: Bird Arena Admission: $5 for students, $7 for non—students What: “Druid Rocks Out for Harambe” When: 9 p.m.

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